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| Contact: Jane Fainer 3Dconnexion Announces Support for NASA World Wind World Wind Users Navigate Graphically Rich 3D Virtual Planets with 3Dconnexion’s Award-Winning Line of 3D Navigation Devices SAN JOSE, Calif. – Mar. 21, 2007 – 3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, today announced its line of 3D navigation devices now supports NASA World Wind 1.4. The World Wind community, ranging from engineers and developers to land surveyors and enthusiasts, can quickly and effortlessly fly from satellite altitude to almost any location on Earth, Mars, Venus, Jupiter or the Earth’s moon using one of 3Dconnexion’s 3D navigation devices – the SpaceNavigator™, SpaceTraveler™, SpacePilot™, or SpaceExplorer™. “The combined power of World Wind and 3D navigation devices enable people across a range of industries to explore 3D worlds with impressive control,” said Rory Dooley, president of 3Dconnexion. “The virtual world continues to expand, bringing with it a new level of participation, interest and market opportunities, and with this exponential growth there is an ever-increasing demand for advanced 3D navigation.” “Navigating with a 3Dconnexion device in World Wind is so fluid it feels second nature – it makes you want to fly around for hours,” said Chad Zimmerman, a developer in the World Wind community, a founding board member of the Free Earth Foundation, and author of the EarthIsSquare.com. “On a rating system, I give it a 5 out of 5.” 3Dconnexion developed plug-ins to support its devices in NASA World Wind using the new 3Dconnexion COM-based SDK. More information regarding 3Dconnexion’s SDK and developer’s program is available at www.3Dconnexion.com/support. 3Dconnexion’s devices are used as a companion to the mouse and keyboard and are held in the alternate hand to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate camera views as well as 3D objects. The 3Dconnexion product line is supported by more than 100 of today’s most popular 3D applications, including Google Earth™, Adobe® Acrobat 3D and Autodesk® Maya®. Availability The standalone plug-in for World Wind 1.4 on Windows® 2000 and Windows XP is currently available via download free of charge for owners of the 3Dconnexion SpacePilot (MSRP $399), SpaceExplorer (MSRP $299), SpaceTraveler (MSRP $199), SpaceNavigator Personal Edition (MSRP $59), and SpaceNavigator Standard Edition (MSRP $99) at www.3Dconnexion.com. About 3Dconnexion, a Logitech Company © 2007 3Dconnexion. All rights reserved. 3Dconnexion, the 3Dconnexion logo, and other 3Dconnexion marks are owned by 3Dconnexion and may be registered.
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